Basic Satellite Course: Stratiform, cumuliform and cirriform cloud regions

Description

Identify stratiform, cumuliform and cirriform cloud regions and individual cloud forms and their characteristics.

Content

In this part of the course you will not only learn more about the identification of clouds such as Stratus, Cumulus and Cirrus from satellite images, and you will also discover various methods to derive cloud height information. Microphysical properties of clouds like cloud phase and cloud particle size are also addressed.

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